PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Remote Sensing in Japan

Chiba University's Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS) is seeking a specially appointed researcher to develop AI-based intraseasonal and seasonal prediction models. The project targets forecasts from approximately 10 to 90 days and aims to improve their usefulness for social applications such as ship operations. The researcher will work on AI weather and climate modeling that combines machine learning with ensemble data assimilation and physically informed forecasting. The project us...

Waseda University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher / Associate Research Fellow for research in development economics , environmental economics , and related data-driven fields. The position is based at the Waseda University Institute for Contemporary Politics and Economics in Tokyo, Japan , within the Takahashi Sustainable Society Design Project , a project selected under Waseda University’s program for nurturing core next-generation researchers. The project focuses on empirical research ...

Open call for a Researcher / postdoctoral-equivalent fixed-term position in the ECOIP Project at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto, Japan. The project, Toward an Ethical Economy: Addressing the Impacts of Commodity Trade and Consumption on Indigenous Lands and Survival , examines how global commodity production, trade, and consumption affect indigenous peoples, territories, livelihoods, rights, and lifestyles. The successful candidate will focus on remote sensing , GIS , ge...

The University of Tokyo’s Department of Electrical Engineering is recruiting a Specially Appointed Researcher for the Natsuaki Laboratory in Tokyo, Japan. This is a postdoctoral-equivalent, full-time, fixed-term research position connected to the JST CRONOS project “Integration of Observation, Analysis, and Communication using Radar Satellites.” The research focus is on radar satellites , synthetic aperture radar (SAR) , sensing and communications convergence , signal processing , remote sensing...

The University of Tokyo is recruiting a Project Assistant Professor or Project Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering (Natsuaki Laboratory) in Tokyo, Japan. This is a research position tied to commissioned research projects related to Phase 1 of the Space Strategy Fund . The main research topic is signal processing for satellite-borne wide-area high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) , together with student instruction. Academic field / keywor...

Fujitsu Laboratories is recruiting for a research and development position focused on satellite remote sensing , satellite image data processing , and edge AI computing for satellites. The role is based in the Space Data Frontier Research Center, established in April 2025, and centers on developing computing technologies that can run AI processing on the satellite side and deliver highly timely data to the ground. The work includes research and development for optical, SAR, and hyperspectral sat...

RIKEN is recruiting 2 Postdoctoral Researchers for the Geoinformatics Team at the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) in Tokyo, Japan . The position is part of the RIKEN BRIDGE project on geospatial agentic AI for disaster risk management and decision support. The research area combines computer science , machine learning , computer vision , natural language processing , remote sensing , and geoinformatics . The team develops multimodal AI systems for visual and spatial intellig...

RIKEN’s Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP) is recruiting one Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher in the Geoinformatics Team of the Domain Intelligence Group in Tokyo, Japan. The position focuses on multimodal and agentic AI for geospatial intelligence , with research spanning machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, remote sensing, geoinformatics, multimodal learning, data fusion, spatial-temporal modeling, and vision-language models . The team works ...